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Appendices

WAR AGAINST WAR

(By B. de Ligt)

[Rev. B. de Ligt of Oned, Geneva, it will be remembered,
wrote an open letter to me last year on my attitude towards war
especially in view of my participation in the Boer War, the Zulu
Rebellion in Natal and the late War. The open letter was published
in the European Press, and I satisfied myself with merely pub-
lishing my reply* in these pages without publishing the former.
The reverend gentleman has now sent me a rejoinder which he
calls second open letter, and would have me to publish his letter.
Although it is too long for these pages I may not reAst the writer's
Tequest. He has taken great pains over his composition, and I
appreciate the interest peace lovers in the West are taking in my
views and conduct, I am publishing the letter in two parts. And
after the conclusion of the second part I hope to write out a brief
reply.t M. K. G.]

It is in the name of all those who, throughout the
world, are fighting against the terrible mania for violence
which is ravaging the universe, that I.thank you for having
kindly replied, so frankly and precisely, to my open letter
of May, 1928.

Your reply cuts both ways. It is reassuring on the one
side, but disappointing on the other. From the point of
view of immediate opposition to war, it is of great impor-
tance that you should have declared openly 'that you no
longer wish to participate in any combat whatsoever on
behalf of England. If the masses who are with you are
ready to oppose, at critical moments, any war movement
on the part of the Government in London, no longer desir-
ing to give either their gold or their blood, they become a
real factor for peace.

♦ Chapter 30, p. 78, in this book.
\ Cfeapte 36, p. 92, in this book.

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	Appendices I WAR AGAINST WAR (By B. de Ligt) [Rev. B. de Ligt of Oned, Geneva, it will be remembered, wrote an open letter to me last year on my attitude towards war especially in view of my participation in the Boer War, the Zulu Rebellion in Natal and the late War. The open letter was published in the European Press, and I satisfied myself with merely pub- lishing my reply* in these pages without publishing the former. The reverend gentleman has now sent me a rejoinder which he calls second open letter, and would have me to publish his letter. Although it is too long for these pages I may not reAst the writer's Tequest. He has taken great pains over his composition, and I appreciate the interest peace lovers in the West are taking in my views and conduct, I am publishing the letter in two parts. And after the conclusion of the second part I hope to write out a brief reply.t M. K. G.] It is in the name of all those who, throughout the world, are fighting against the terrible mania for violence which is ravaging the universe, that I.thank you for having kindly replied, so frankly and precisely, to my open letter of May, 1928. Your reply cuts both ways. It is reassuring on the one side, but disappointing on the other. From the point of view of immediate opposition to war, it is of great impor- tance that you should have declared openly 'that you no longer wish to participate in any combat whatsoever on behalf of England. If the masses who are with you are ready to oppose, at critical moments, any war movement on the part of the Government in London, no longer desir- ing to give either their gold or their blood, they become a real factor for peace.

	♦ Chapter 30, p. 78, in this book. \ Cfeapte 36, p. 92, in this book. 436